Performance on 13/07/07 at V2 Rotterdam Eendrachtsstraat 10 during the Test_Lab PLAY evening.

PLAY AS A FORM OF SOCIAL INTERACTION HAS A RICH TRADITION IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE ARTS. BUT IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY THAT HUMAN-CENTERED-TECHNOLOGY DESIGNERS REALIZED PLAY OFFERED INTERESTING NEW APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR FIELD. THIS BRINGS THEM TOGETHER WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS WHO EXPLORE PLAY BY EXPERIMENTING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF (OFTEN WEARABLE) HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACING TECHNOLOGIES. SUCH EXPERIMENTS OFTEN COMBINE A STRONG DIY ATTITUDE TOWARD TECHNOLOGY DESIGN WITH A DESIRE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE’S NAIVE OR INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH PLAY.